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Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is a system of three waterfalls located on the Niagara River, through which water fl ows from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. The falls lie on the Canada–US border and form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. The Horseshoe Falls, the largest of the three, has a dramatic crest line that is 670 m (2,200 ft) wide and a vertical drop of more than 57 m (188 ft) into a plunge Niagara Falls has retreated 11 km (7 miles) over the last 12,500 years pool 35 m (115 ft) deep. Separated by Goat Island, the American Falls and the diminutive Bridal Veil Falls crash down 20–35 m (66–115 ft) onto a talus – a slope of rocks – formed by a huge rock slide in 1954. At peak times, about 170 million litres (45 million gallons) of water pass over the three falls each minute.